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and the doors on the street are shut as the (A)sound of the grinding mill is low, and one will arise at the sound of the bird, and all the (B)daughters of song will [a]sing softly. Furthermore, [b]men are afraid of a high place and of terrors on the road; the almond tree blooms, the grasshopper drags itself along, and the caperberry is ineffective. For man goes to his eternal (C)home, but the (D)mourners go about in the street. Remember Him before the silver [c]cord is [d]snapped and the (E)golden bowl is crushed, the pitcher by the spring is broken and the wheel at the cistern is crushed;

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 12:4 Lit be brought low
  2. Ecclesiastes 12:5 Lit they
  3. Ecclesiastes 12:6 Or vanity
  4. Ecclesiastes 12:6 As in Gr; Heb removed